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Clearaway Recycling Limited has been fined £400,000 for failing to properly manage pedestrian and vehicle movements at its Basildon site, which resulted in a 22-year-old woman suffering life-changing crush injuries from a mobile shredder. HSE statistics cited in the report indicate that fatal incidents in the waste and recycling sector are ten times more likely than the all-industry average.
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Clearaway Recycling Limited failed to properly manage the movement of pedestrians and vehicles at its site in Basildon A 22-year-old woman suffered life-changing crush injuries after being struck by a mobile shredder HSE statistics show that fatal incidents in the waste and recycling sector are ten times more likely than the all-industry average An Essex-based […]
Source: HSE Press
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